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KENTROPHYLLUM ARBORESCENS. ARBORESCENT 
KENTROPHYLLUM. 
EK KKK EK EEK EKER EE EK 
Class and Order. 
SyncenestA ALQUALIs. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. Div. CinarocePHa.2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum ventricosum imbricatum, squamis interioribus 
cartilagineis apice ciliato-spinosis, ex terioribus foliaceis pin- 
natifidis bracteas simulantibus. Filamenta barbata. Semina _ 
tetragona hilo laterali receptaculo adfixa. Pappus palea~ 
ceo-pilosus. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
KentTRoPHYLLUM * arborescens ; subpubescens inferne ligno- 
sum, foliis inferioribus elongato-lanceolatis amplexi- 
caulibus reticulatis superioribus ovato-acuminatis ner- 
vosis omnibus sinuato-spinosis, involucri basi foliacei 
squamis ovatis laxis spinoso-dentatis interioribus cili- 
atis. 
Carruamus arborescens. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1164. Willd. Sp. 
Pte. 5. p. YIU. 
Carruamus rigidus. Willd. En—et C. hircinus Lag. (ac- 
cording to SPRENGEL. ) ree 
Oxosroma arborescens. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 391. 
This, Mr. Mackay observes, to whom we are indebted 
for the opportunity of figuring it, “ is a singular and very 
ornamental plant of its tribe, and has stood out of doors in s 
the Dublin College Botanic Garden for the last two winters, 
in a sheltered border, flowering freely in Autumn, and throw- 
ring 
* From xsvrpa, a spine, and @vdroy, a leaf, in allusion to the spiny leaves. 
